[Dr.Butler]

Hello all. I will be closing on my new Patio Villa this coming week, and I know there is a sliding screen door leading to the patio. How do you secure that?

[Mortal1]

doesn't it have a sliding glass door as well?

[JoelJohnson]

With a paperclip, anything stronger and they will destroy the screen.

[Bunny1]

Ours has a lock built in, maybe yours does too. If not a broom handle in track works.

[Dr.Butler]

Originally Posted by Mortal1

doesn't it have a sliding glass door as well?

I do mean the glass screen door
In PA I used to secure it using a pole inserted into the track.

[villagetinker]

Originally Posted by Dr.Butler

Hello all. I will be closing on my new Patio Villa this coming week, and I know there is a sliding screen door leading to the patio. How do you secure that?

I think you are asking about the slider, in any case, there should be a lock built in, but there are supplemental locks that are available at most of the hardware stores. You will need an electric drill and the correct size bits. Also, from first hand experience, be very careful drilling the holes, in our case the tempered glass was very close to the hole location, and for my own comfort level I shortened the screws about 1/16 inch to make sure these would not hit the glass.

[JMintzer]

I have these on my sliders...

[Toymeister]

Go to Lowe's or Home Depot, buy a dowel rod of 3/4" or 1 inch and cut to length to fill the glass door track. The dowel will make it impossible to open. At either store they will cut it for you at no charge.

Pro trip: Place a 12" tape around the dowel once, use the excess (stuck to itself) to form a table tape. This will make it easier to remove.

[davem4616]

I agree the wooden dowel in the track is the easiest

I put a hook into one end of the dowel so that it would be easier to pick up

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[Michael G.]

Originally Posted by Dr.Butler

How do you secure that?

A Rottweiler

[Bill14564]

The dowel idea can be useful but depends on the door. With the double sliders I have the track is outside where using the dowels would lock me in rather than locking anyone out.

[Normal]

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[Bjeanj]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

I have these on my sliders...

We do, too. No one can lift up or lift out from the top with this lock. We bought it a few years ago from, I think one of the vendors on Market Night.

Of course, they can just break the glass, but that’s pretty noisy and we have good neighbors. Of course, many of them are deaf.

[DAVES]

Originally Posted by Dr.Butler

I do mean the glass screen door
In PA I used to secure it using a pole inserted into the track.

I do not understand the inquiry. What worked in PA will work in Florida.

Far as security, we those potentially getting broken into and robbed think a criminal, is concerned about damaging your paint, the tile etc. They are CRIMINALS, in a criminal act. They want a quick in and out and do not care that you spent hours picking out just the right shade of paint.

I think the police will give you a free security review. Seeing your home as a criminal does. Lighting-plants may need to be cut back and or removed.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by DAVES

I do not understand the inquiry. What worked in PA will work in Florida.

Not necessarily...

In some homes, there are three windows that move and they stack on the outside. A pole will lock YOU in, not keep others out...